diff --git a/libedit-20100424-3.0-ncurses.patch b/libedit-20100424-3.0-ncurses.patch
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..5ae559e
--- /dev/null
+++ b/libedit-20100424-3.0-ncurses.patch
@@ -0,0 +1,38 @@
+--- configure.ac.orig
++++ configure.ac
+@@ -34,7 +34,7 @@ EL_MANTYPE
+ 
+ 
+ AC_CHECK_LIB(curses, tgetent,,
+-   [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncurses, tgetent,,
++   [AC_CHECK_LIB(ncursesw, tgetent,,
+       [AC_MSG_ERROR([libcurses or libncurses are required!])] )] )
+ 
+ 
+--- src/Makefile.am.orig
++++ src/Makefile.am
+@@ -44,6 +44,7 @@ libedit_la_SOURCES = chared.c common.c e
+ 							histedit.h key.h map.h chartype.h parse.h prompt.h read.h refresh.h \
+ 							search.h sig.h sys.h el_term.h tty.h vis.h filecomplete.h \
+ 							editline/readline.h
++libedit_la_CFLAGS = $(shell ncursesw6-config --cflags)
+ if WIDECHAR
+ libedit_la_SOURCES += eln.c
+ endif
+@@ -53,5 +54,5 @@ nobase_include_HEADERS = histedit.h edit
+ 
+ nodist_libedit_la_SOURCES = $(BUILT_SOURCES)
+ 
+-libedit_la_LDFLAGS = -no-undefined -version-info $(LT_VERSION)
++libedit_la_LDFLAGS = $(shell ncursesw6-config --libs) -no-undefined -version-info $(LT_VERSION)
+ 
+--- libedit.pc.in.orig
++++ libedit.pc.in
+@@ -7,6 +7,6 @@ Name: libedit
+ Description: command line editor library provides generic line editing, history, and tokenization functions.
+ Version: @VERSION@
+ Requires:
+-Libs: -L${libdir} -ledit @LIBS@
++Libs: -ledit
+ Cflags: -I${includedir} -I${includedir}/editline
+ 
diff --git a/libedit.changes b/libedit.changes
index 910f3da..37d1973 100644
--- a/libedit.changes
+++ b/libedit.changes
@@ -1,3 +1,9 @@
+-------------------------------------------------------------------
+Sun Jul 31 20:45:38 UTC 2011 - crrodriguez@opensuse.org
+
+- Link with ncurses6w instead of ncurses5 
+- Do not inject artificial dependencies on other packages
+
 -------------------------------------------------------------------
 Sat Apr 24 20:17:13 UTC 2010 - pascal.bleser@opensuse.org
 
diff --git a/libedit.spec b/libedit.spec
index 987209d..0177c60 100644
--- a/libedit.spec
+++ b/libedit.spec
@@ -28,13 +28,14 @@ License:        BSD3c
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 #
 BuildRoot:      %{_tmppath}/%{name}-%{version}-build
-BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ ncurses-devel
+BuildRequires:  gcc-c++ ncurses-devel pkgconfig
 #
 Url:            http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/
 # http://www.thrysoee.dk/editline/%{pkg_name}-%{pkg_version}.tar.gz
 Source:         %{pkg_name}-%{pkg_version}.tar.bz2
 Source1:        README.SuSE
 Patch1:         libedit-downgrade_autoconf.patch
+Patch2:         libedit-20100424-3.0-ncurses.patch
 #
 Summary:        Command Line Editing and History Library
 
@@ -79,7 +80,7 @@ License:        BSD3c
 Group:          Development/Libraries/C and C++
 Requires:       %{library_name} = %{version}
 Provides:       %{library_name}-devel = %{version}-%{release}
-Requires:       ncurses-devel
+Requires:       glibc-devel
 #
 Summary:        Development files for libedit
 
@@ -100,7 +101,7 @@ Authors:
 %setup -n %{pkg_name}-%{pkg_version}
 %{__cp} %{S:1} .
 %patch1
-
+%patch2
 %build
 NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fiv
 %configure --disable-static --with-pic \
@@ -112,10 +113,12 @@ NOCONFIGURE=1 autoreconf -fiv
 %install
 %makeinstall
 %__rm "%{buildroot}%{_libdir}"/*.la
-
 %clean
 %{?buildroot:%__rm -rf "%{buildroot}"}
 
+%check
+make check
+
 %post   -n %{library_name} -p /sbin/ldconfig
 
 %postun -n %{library_name} -p /sbin/ldconfig